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Pete Marchetto
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Boomer postpatriot Englishman, freelance writer in expat recovery (from China), of the social-democratic centre now deemed 'far left', Green Party member. Free sample ebook of short stories at:
https://petemarchetto290688881.wordpress.com/
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Free sampler ebook, (with details of how to pay me at the end if you feel like it): 'Love Sideways', 3 unromantic romances.
petemarchetto290688881.wordpress.com
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Trump nominated a legit white nationalist to a top post at the State Department. I asked him some basic questions about his belief in the “erasure of white culture”. Watch this embarrassing, fumbling answer. Like he has never before been asked to explain his views.
February 12, 2026 at 9:15 PM
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Just going to leave this here
February 12, 2026 at 6:54 PM
How does anyone 'revoke' scientific findings? I'm not sure how reality can be deprived of its privileges.
February 12, 2026 at 8:26 PM
Wonderful and cheering story.
npr.org NPR @npr.org · 2h
The American University of Beirut has long been a haven for cats abandoned in times if war or crisis, but in recent years the feline population has grown dramatically. n.pr/4qvqokD
In Beirut, Lebanon's cats of war find peace on university campus
The American University of Beirut has long been a haven for cats abandoned in times if war or crisis, but in recent years the feline population has grown dramatically.
n.pr
February 12, 2026 at 8:02 PM
Polanski is in an enviable position. His hands aren't tied by shoddy compromise, so he can say things some other party leaders can't say, even though it's basic common sense.

The result is he comes out with a clear message while others sound mealy-mouthed, even hypocritical in their condemnation.
This is @zackpolanski.bsky.social’s take on those Jim Ratcliffe comments …
February 12, 2026 at 6:10 PM
How wonderful is that?
February 12, 2026 at 5:42 PM
Do what you want, no one is trying to stop you. They're questioning - as is not only their right but also their duty - whether you're able to fully participate in an organisation whose values you signed up for but are now choosing to ignore.
www.euractiv.com/news/weed-an...
Weed and gender: Slovak PM lashes out over Dutch threat on EU funding | Euractiv
"You can continue to smoke marijuana and recognise 70 genders. That is your business", Fico said
www.euractiv.com
February 12, 2026 at 5:40 PM
Westminster needs Hannah Spencer.

She's normal.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=uCy0...
The Battle Of The Soul Of The Nation | Hannah Spencer | Zack Polanski
YouTube video by Bold Politics with Zack Polanski
www.youtube.com
February 12, 2026 at 4:14 PM
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If Wes Streeting knew Israel was committing war crimes, why did he keep serving in a government that was arming them?

www.middleeasteye.net/news/why-did...
Corbyn asks Streeting why he did not resign over Israeli 'war crimes' admission
Former Labour leader sends letter to health secretary, seen by MEE, asking for 'cooperation in uncovering UK's complicity in genocide'
www.middleeasteye.net
February 12, 2026 at 2:15 PM
@bowdybear.bsky.social Heywood Jablomi and its fellows is why we're seeing antisemitism on the rise.

In his profile he declares himself a proud Zionist, then posts antisemitic statements.

Presented as an image given I'm pretty sure I'll be blocked for calling it out. Link below in case it stays.
February 12, 2026 at 2:11 PM
Thirteen years old.

Dear God.

I wonder how many people she's going to have to shoot in the face between now and adulthood to prove herself worthy as a successor.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Kim Ju Ae: North Korea leader Kim Jong Un chooses daughter as heir, Seoul says
South Korea's spy agency says Ki Ju Ae's prominent public presence indicates she is the chosen heir.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 12, 2026 at 1:57 PM
Respect for some diligent research here.
“I’ve reviewed over 50 sticky toffee puddings” is an incredibly powerful way to begin a video
February 12, 2026 at 1:32 AM
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🚨 POSTAL VOTER 🚨 Action Day in Gorton & Denton WITH ZACK POLANSKI 💚

Start: Thursday, February 12, 2026•10:00 AM

End: Thursday, February 12, 2026•08:00 PM

Location: HQ • 173 Mount Road, Manchester, M18 7QT GB
🚨 POSTAL VOTER 🚨 Action Day in Gorton & Denton 💚 Thurs 12 Feb
We have just ONE DAY to reach every postal voter in Gorton & Denton. This is POLLING DAY for the thousands of postal voters across the constituency. If you can only make one day this week, this is...
actionnetwork.org
February 11, 2026 at 7:32 PM
Excellent podcast. They're both quite barmy but somehow that's a refreshing change given they don't have any nuclear buttons.
Even Mandelson’s dog’s embarrassed.

Find The Trawl wherever you get your podcasts 🙌
February 11, 2026 at 9:11 PM
There's just something so gross about these people.

Can you imagine someone like THAT turning up at a dinner party? You'd never invite them again and spend the next six months apologising to the other guests for having invited them in the first place.

She sounds drunk.
House Dems are attempting to stop Bondi filibustering questions on the Epstein files.

Raskin: "Not on our watch. Not on our time... I told you about that Attorney General before it started."

Bondi: "You don't tell me anything!"

Raskin: "I did tell you because we saw what you did in the Senate!"
February 11, 2026 at 6:42 PM
Numpty time! @owenjones.bsky.social Owen Jones with a round-up of some of Reform's most recent examples of embarrassment and overreach.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=9J-k...
Nigel Farage HECKLED - They Expose His Vile HYPOCRISY At Launch
YouTube video by Owen Jones
www.youtube.com
February 11, 2026 at 4:58 PM
Nice one. 😂 And yeah, like he didn't do it on purpose. 😏
Birmingham–Perry Barr MP Ayoub Khan caused quite a stir in the House of Commons this afternoon. “Mr Speaker, rubbish is building up right beneath my very nose.” While he was referring to the Birmingham bin strikes, Reform MP Richard Tice, sat next to Nigel Farage took offence.
#PMQs #PoliticsLive
February 11, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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Reform politicians are happy to throw insults from a distance.

But when it comes to debating their ideas? No show.

Richard Tice pulled out.
Farage won’t face me.
Now their candidate in Gorton & Denton has ducked our candidate Hannah Spencer.

Vote Green.
February 11, 2026 at 12:16 AM
Thread on Britain's ostensible 'far-left'. (The initial paragraph refers to the risible comparisons being made between Nigel Farage and Zack Polanski).
I think they're two very different types playing to precisely the same discontent, as you say.

Primarily, I think we need to rid ourselves of the idea of Corbyn and Polanski as in any way radical unless viewed through neoliberal centrist norms in this country. Beyond the Anglosphere, what they...
February 11, 2026 at 12:24 PM
“The convergence of transgender women’s functional performance with cisgender women, particularly in strength and aerobic capacity, challenges assumptions about inherent athletic advantages derived solely from [gender affirming hormone therapy] or residual lean mass differences.”
[Link below]
Physical fitness of transgender and cisgender women is comparable, current evidence suggests - BMJ Group
Despite greater muscle mass of transgender women 1-3 years after hormone therapy Evidence is of variable quality, but doesn’t back inherent athletic advantage theories Transgender women might have mor...
bmjgroup.com
February 11, 2026 at 12:13 PM
"Mond also revealed that the RJA would be supportive of a separate Reform Friends of Israel group, which would arrange trips for politicians to visit Israel and be a strategic intermediary between them and Israeli counterparts."

We need to strenuously object...
www.jewishnews.co.uk/farage-expla...
Farage: Why I wanted to launch Jewish Alliance for Reform UK
A RJA launch event both Robert Jenrick and Alan Mendoza state there's 'not an antisemitic bone' in the Reform leader's body
www.jewishnews.co.uk
February 11, 2026 at 11:11 AM
I've been calling this out from its initial announcement.

I don't say this out of self-aggrandisement; quite the opposite, and that's the point. I'm just an ordinary guy sitting in his bedroom with a reasonably high level of interest in politics.

If I was calling out the astoundingly bleedin'...
Palantir is hand in glove with the Trump administration, which is riddled with Russian assets..

It's likely that any sensitive UK military data the Trump administration gets its hands on will be passed on to Putin.

It's absolutely insane to put Palantir technology at the heart of UK defence.
"Switzerland’s military has terminated its contract with Palantir… following a security audit… concluded that U.S. intelligence agencies could potentially access sensitive Swiss defense data… significant reputational warning for the data analytics firm"

www.newscase.com/palantirs-sw...

#R4Today
February 11, 2026 at 10:48 AM
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Meet Hannah Spencer - Green MP candidate for Gorton and Denton, and the only vote to stop Reform.
February 10, 2026 at 6:02 PM